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seón

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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Grammar
seón, p. seah, pl. sáwon, sǽgon, ségon ; pp. sewen, sawen.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §7; §41; §47; §49; §52; §68; §86; §87; §120; §139; §141; §148; §161; §168; §170; §173; §177; §193; §239; §241; §246; §264; §306; §326; §328; §329; §492; §506;
to see with the eyes,
with acc.
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  • Oft ic wíg seó,

      Exon. Th. 388, 6; Rä. 6. 3.
  • Ic seah wundorlíce . wiht,

      495, 1; Rä. 84, 1.
  • Ne seah ic medudreám máran,

      Beo. Th. 4033; B. 2014.
  • Hí wuldres þegn eágum, Andr. Kmbl. 3355 ; An. 1681.
  • Ðæs ðe (hió) ælda bearn eágum sáwe,

      Exon. Th. 493, 7; Rä. 81, 26.
  • Eode scealc monig searowundor seón,

      Beo. Th. 1844; B. 920: 2735 ; B. 1365 : Cd. Th. 125, 25 ; Gen. 2084.
with acc. and infin.
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  • Ic seah turf tredan .vi. gebróðor,

      Exon. Th. 394, 10; Rä. 14, 1: 400, 1; Rä. 20, 1: 414, 29; Rä. 33, 3: 434, 15 ; Rä. 52, 1.
with acc. and predicative adj. or participle
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  • Hý grim helle fýr gearo tó wíte andweard seóþ,

      Exon. Th. 78, 8; Cri. 1271.
  • Ne seah ic elþeódige módiglícran,

      Beo. Th. 678; B. 336.
  • Hý God upstígende eágum ségun,

      Exon. Th. 34, 3; Cri. 536.
with clause
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  • Hý on ða clǽnan seóþ, hú hí blissiaþ,

      Exon. 79, 6; Cri. 1286: Beo. Th. 5428; B. 2717.
to see, to visit
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  • Nǽnig cépa ne seah (geseah, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 13) ellendne wearod

    nondum nova litora viderat hospes,

      Met. 8, 29.
  • Hát in gán seón sibbegedriht,

      Beo. Th. 779; B. 387.
  • Uton éfstan seón and sécean searogeþræc,

      6195; B. 3102. II a. metaph. :-- Hé
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to see, perceive, discern, understand
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  • Ic seó ðé, ðæt is, ðæt ic ongite ðínne willan bútan tweón,

      Ps. Th. 5, 3.
  • Sóðfæst blissaþ, ðonne hé síþ hú ða árleásan ealle forweorðaþ,

      57, 9.
  • Sioh nú sylfa ðé, hú ðec heofones cyning geséceþ. Exon. Th. 4,

      27; Cri. 59.
  • Seh ðé ecce. Ps. Surt. 32, 18: 38, 6.
  • Sih ðé,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 19, 16, 27: 24, 25, 26.
  • Wénaþ ða dysgan, ðæt ǽlc mon sié blind swá hí sint, and ðæt nán mon ne mǽge seón (gesión,

      Cote. MS.)
    ðæt hí gesión ne mágon, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 21.
to see (as in to see death),
to experience
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  • Mec ongan hreówan ðæt moncynnes tuddor sceolde máncwealm seón,

      Exon. Th. 86, 33; Cri. 1417.
  • Morðorleán seón,

      98, 24; Cri. 1612.
  • Hé forþ gewát metodsceaft seón

    he died.

      Cd. Th. 104, 31; Gen. 1743: B. 2364; B. 1180.
with prepositions,
to look at, on
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  • On ðæt ða folc seóþ,

      Exon. Th. 80, 2 ; Cri. 1301.
  • Seóþ on éce gewyrht,

      448, 29; Dóm. 61.
  • Ealle synd gedréfede ðe hí on sióþ

    conturbati sunt omnes qui videbant eos,

      Ps. Th. 63, 8.
  • Secg seah on unleófe,

      Beo. Th. 5719; B. 2863.
  • Folc tó sǽgon,

      2849; B. 1422: Elen. Kmbl. 2208; El. 1105.
  • Ðǽr hí tó ségon,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1422; An. 711: Exon. Th. 260, 3 ; Jul. 291.
  • Ségun,

      31, 14; Cri. 495.
  • Hí cómon on ðæt wundor seón,

      Cd. Th. 261, 25; Dan. 731.
  • Fægre leomu on tó seónne,

      Blickl. Homl. 113, 22.
Etymology
[Goth. saihwan : O. Sax. sehan: O. Frs. sía: O. H. Ger. sehan: Icel. sjá.]
Similar entries
v. be- (bi-), for-, fore-, ge-, geond-, of-, ofer-, on-, þurh-, ymb-seón.
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